As the troop "surge" in Baghdad
gets mixed reviews, Iraq's
political leaders are still immobilized by sectarian differences.Will the President's new leadership team make
a difference?Also, renewed violence in Gaza and, on Reporter's
Notebook, a shattering anti-climax for one of television’s most successful
series.We hear the last of The
Sopranos.

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As the troop "surge" in Baghdad
gets mixed reviews, Iraq's
political leaders are still immobilized by sectarian differences.Will the President's new leadership team make
a difference?Also, renewed violence in Gaza and, on Reporter's
Notebook, a shattering anti-climax for one of television’s most successful
series.We hear the last of The
Sopranos.

Last night, millions of Americans thought there
was trouble with their TV reception. But then the credits rolled on an
anti-climax that has now taken its place in entertainment history.After 86 episodes including plenty of
murderous violence, millions of viewers expected a dramatic ending to The
Sopranos.As the Soprano family sat down
for dinner at a family restaurant, nothing happened.Professor Robert Thompson founding director
of the Center for the Study of Popular Television.

In Gaza,
eight Palestinians were killed today, and twenty-five more were wounded in
factional fighting.The dead included
two people thrown off rooftops.Avi
Issacharoff, who reports for the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, says the violence constitutes a sort of civil war between Fatah and Hamas.

President Bush is shaking up his leadership team,
creating new uncertainty in Washington and on the battlegrounds of Iraq.He's nominating Navy Admiral Michael Mullen
to replace Peter Pace as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Senate's
about to confirm Army General Douglas Lute to replace Steven Hadley in
overseeing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Baghdad "surge" is getting
mixed reviews, and Iraq's political leaders are still immobilized by sectarian
differences. Yet, despite increased calls to bring the troops home, the
Pentagon and the White House are talking about a commitment that could last for
decades.We hear about top-level changes
and what they could mean on the ground.Is the US arming both sides of a developing civil war?